Re: [TCLUG:16860] TCLUG Trebuchet project

[Chris McKinley <lamfada@lugh.net>]

On Fri, 28 Apr 2000, Philip C Mendelsohn wrote:

> On Fri, 28 Apr 2000, Colin Kilbane wrote:
> 
> > Believe it or not, I have actually been gathering plans to build one this
> > summer.  I'm tired of building potato guns.  I was going to use it to hurl
> > water bombs but a zenith 888 might be more fun.
> 
> Now Northern Exposure did good with the piano episode.  I think anyone
> trying to get in on hurling things should up the ante.
> 
> Potato guns are OK, but it's not that tough if you wanted to graduate into
> rail guns, or as I like to call 'em, the poor man's Linear Accelrator.

Yes! Rail guns! If we have success, we can always call it a DoD project!

Personnally, I don't know what would be more satisfying, teaching a monitor
to fly or seeing the damage a small magnetically accelerated projectile can
do.

-Chris